The Sun. — London, England, 1809-09-14 00:00:00

At twelve o'clock yesterdar 'his MAJESTY arrived ftom Windsor at the lati.!.- e n's Palace, where he was received by their Rordi Highnesses the Dukes Of Y ORK , CENT, and CAMIIitIDGE; At two o'clock his MAJESTY held a private Levee, which was. attended by • The Archbishop of Canterbury ; the Duke of Portland ; Earl Camden, the Earl of Liverpool, Earl Bathurst, Earl of Winchilsea ; Lord Mulgrave, Lord Heathfield, Lord Arden (in waiting); Sir David Dundas. Sir Stephen Cotterel ; Mr. Canning, Mr. Perceval, and Mr. Verney, (Groom in wait— ing). The following had the honour of being presented to his MAJESTY :--- Major-General Paget, on his return from Portugal. Lieutenant-General Grosvenor, on his return from foreign service. Captain Sparrow, Aid.tti•de-Camp to Lieutenbnt-Ceneral Grosvenor, on his return from foreign service. Captain Bishopp, Aid*.de.camp to Lieutenant. General •Grosvenor, on his.return Porn foreign service. Sir Henry Ha!turd, (late Dr. Vatighan,) on, being created a Baronet. Sir lames. Shaw, on Ins being created a Baronet. General Robinson, on his promotion, anci..‘;eneral Des. oh his appointment to the Bth Garrison Battalion. His l'ilAJEsTy afterwards held a Privy Council, and gave audience to the-Duke of,l'ottTLAND - and the ,rest of the Cabinet ..111tnisters present. At six O'clock ..his MAJESTY left town for Wind sor.,• - Our Portsmouth letter of this day, gives a tpelan choly account, .which we hope. will prove greatly exaggerated, of the Jamaica homeward-hound fleet. The masterof a vessel from the West Indies, arrived at Portsmouth, reports that the fleet had encountered a dreadful- hurricane, in which the 74 gun ship which convoyed them, and several of the'merchant vessels had foundered, and, a great number were much damaged.. The following extra& of a letter from Captain Satnto, of the Samuel Barnett ; air rived from JaMaica, which was yesterday posted at LLOYD'S ) , gives an unpleasant account of the fleet, but by no means so disastrous as the statement in our Portsmouth lettter : Major-Getter:ll PAQET, who had the honour 'of being presented 3esterday to his MAJEsTy, recently lost his tirtn in Portrtgal. ' 4 Yesterday her MAJESTY, the Princesses AUGUSTA, ELIZABETLI, and Sorut A, accomponietl by the rtukes of YORK, CUMRERI;ANp, and KENT, Ladies IL •CIiESTE,R, I. TUYNNE, and several Ladies in 'wait ing, proceeded in the carriages of the Dukes of YORK and KENT, to inspeCt the new '4lteatre, Co%ent garden. The Royal party arrived at the grand en alike in Bow-street about two o'clock. They were received by Colonel DEphOW, Messrs: 41ARRIS, jun. KENIBLE, archit66, COPLANO, the builder, and . Mr. BEANpON, and were conduct . - ed- up the grand staircase into the • Boes,' from whence they proceeded to the Stage, Pit, Gallery, and through all the different apartments of the The-, atre. The painting; decorations, and striking ob jeEts of the House; were particularly described by Messrs. SMIIRKIL and COPI,ANA. The QuEuti and PRINcEssEs appeared highly gratified with the beau-, tiful and elegant style.novhieh the . whole is fitted up, particularly the Green-room, which, in point of taste and elegance, is entitled to, the greatest 'admira tion. The QUEEN took a scat in the pit, aud the PattccEssgs eiplored the front seat of the Gdllery in shOrt, 'every part of the Theatre was subjeat to their inspection. Her MAJESTY expressed 'Surprise at beholding so fine a sit - 46litre raised in so 'Short a time, and' atter the Illustrions Visitants had saris.: tied. then .. .curiosity during an hour, they left the Theatre at 3 o'clock, and nroceded to the Duke of YORK'i Stable-yard, St, James's, where an elegant. dinner was provided on the occasion. At a quarter befoie tauEEN, PutNcgssE4, and suite, left town for Windspr.. A letter from our squadron in Basque Roads con veys the following information There are eight sail of the line of the Rochefort squadron now afloat river, The three-decker has been fresh cop pered. They have only their - lower masts standing. and have neither men nor Stores abbard. The Cip (ain of a vessel we have just detained and sent in sav, that they' are tikarching every man they 'can find in the country into, Stain they match thetti with their lAnds tied-behind. Sailed from Jamaica 20th July, proceeded With pleasant .weather until August 27, at 2 A. M. then . near lat. 41. 20. long. 45. we experienced a most trernendobs squall from the South, with heavy rain; which.laid a considerable part of the larboard-side of the main=deck under water, in which state I suppose we must have remained nearly an hour before it abated, when it suddenly blew round to the Mirth -Ward. In the morning a ship belonging to Bristol was close by us, with loss of bowsprit, fore-mast, Maintop -mast, and [Mien-mast. Another in'a Si milar state, and several with loss of top-rna4ts and • other damage. . . . " We remained the 2.7 th, and-part of the 28th; with several ships, but much scattered, and in quest of the Commodore, but was not able to see any thing of him ; therefore at noon on the 29th, seeing seve ral ships a-head, making the best of the wind, then 2t N. E. I made sail and came up with them, and for sevral days kept company, when we sepapted by 'different courses." Since writing the above, we have learnt that the Argyle, LiGHTLEY, is arrived at Liverpool, from Jamaica. She sailed from Port Royal on the 17th July, .in company with nineteen! sail, and from Negril on the 20th, with _the fleet, consisting of thirty-three sail, under convoy of the Fa vourite sloop of war. On the 26th saw several of the fleet dismasted, and parted from them on the 27th. go the 6th Sept. spoke the Favourite, of Greenock,. from Abrtinigne to Liverpool, who had parted from the Leeward Island fleet 27th August. Several of them had heen distnasted. Considerable reinforcements are going out to all the British regiments in.Poitugal—ernbarkatioos of men and stores, hare been going on at Portsmouth fOr these two days. The drafty' are principally for the curds, the. Royal fasile'ers, 45th, 48th, 67th, and 88th regiment's . : kgreat number of Officers, among the rest, Colonel . I)Aat3OUCH, are going out. 'The 2d battalion of the 14th- Foot, 2d .battalion 6.4 d Foot; and 5 tst Font, are now lying in the Downs ; waiting a :air wind for. Portsmouth. The. 28 th (2d battalion), also in the Downs„ is or. tiered to diseinhaik af t Utif‘k A part of .colonel C..)citnANE's detachment is also in the Downs, waiting a wind for the Isle of Wight. The Amelia ititztiida, Gll A HAM, which, had cleared at Ncw York for Liverpool, wai stopped with seve ral other vessels which were leaving that port on the 12th of August, and compelled to give bond that they would not sail to Great Britain or her dependen cies. The Ist bMtalions of the. 9th and, 42d gegiments disembarked at Deal, and tuarched for Canterbury on Sunday last. The troops which have sailed, and are under or derS to reinforce tie army Of .Lord WELLINo:rotz, will be landed at Lisbon . ; it being Wisely determined to confine our opera:jam' for the present to the de= fence of Portugal: The Opposition Prints are making new aerano- . merits, io case of a change of Ministry, but a par tial change will not satisfy them.' But, before the Principals determine upon getting into orEce it would be quite proper for them, if, they cannot im prove, tile taste of their literary retainers, to endea vour, at least, to correEt their manners, That these AdvoCates for party should objea to men of abilities and integrity is not surprizing, but it is something strange. that they do tot attempt to divest themselves of the Jacoi.n coarseness of thei; style. They tell the public that the " system will not be changed as -Long as LordEnorrand Mr. PERCEVAL continue in power." This is decent,language ; but they pro ceed to say, that " while there are such nuisances in the Cabinet as Lord MULGRAVE and Lord WEST AIUKELANp,7 &c. &c. We cannot bring ourselves to believe that Earl GREY, and other leading 'Members of Opposition, can possibly sanction such despicable vulgarity, in reference to men of rank, fortune, and integrity, however they may differ with them in po litical sentiments ; but it may be fairly considered as a certain proof of the want of fa& and argument, when the' advocates of a .cause resort to the lowest personality and most, contemptible abuse in support Of it. There have been a. numberot sick from the dif ferent regiments its Zealand, landdd every day at Deal, for the last . week—the number how exceeds 2000, about ten of whom are buried daily. The nature of their disorder has proved very fatal. Colonel COCH I'ANE'S battalion and the Inwrness Militia are to '.form a part of the.; garrison at Ports- 7 Mouth, where the duty is very severe, on account of the great number of French pri,oners, . The Surgeon-General has been at Ports . mouth making every preparation, foi - the cotrOrtable recep 7 7 ti . otrof sickand ‘counded soldiers, a number of whom arrived there on Tuesday afternoon in the Queen Charlene transport, from Portugal. Saturday his Serene Highness the-Prince of OA A'tslGE reviewed, on the ground' before Government House, the WhOle park of Royal Artillery of the Plymouth gar rison. This distinguished corpS performed their va rious firings in the most rapid 'and cOrre6t style, adz vancing and retreating in a Most perfeet manner. After the review, his Serene Highness was pleased to express his unqualified approbation of the manoeuvres and firings. His Serene Highness and a select party of Oflicers, after inspeding the citadel, the case.; Mates, and ,biamb-proofs, partook of an elegant din ner given by the worthy Commander in Chief, Ge- - neral England, at his house in the Citadel. Yesterday a Court of 17reetors was held at the East India House, %hen the undermentioned ships were' taken up in part of the number to. be eng 'get' for the ensuing season, viz.:-- Anniston, Cirencester, Alfred, Woodford, Earl Camden, Surat Castle, Wexford, Elphinstone, David Scott, Exeter, Winchelsea, Alnwick Castle, Canton, new-snip Prince of Wales, Thomas . Granville, Ceylon, Plicenix, Preston; Hugh Inglis, Earl St. Vincent, William Pitt; Alexander,. Tigris, Anne, Diana ' Euphrates, Sir W. BeriStey, Sovereign, North.; umber4and, Indus, Harriet; Huddart, Sir S. LustiEgton, Lord Eldon, and Carmarthen. Dispatches were received, yesterday, at the Fo reign ()Bee, from Flushing. • They were forwarded from the Downs by Admiral CiIIPBELL: They contain an account ot'the progress made in the pre parations for the defence of Walcheren, and the oc cupation-of South 13eveland by tbetenemy. The Court adjourned • at six o'ctock till to-mor. row. " . BRIGHTON, SEPT 13. NAVAL NEWS. PI.YMOUTH, SEPT. 22:—Came down the (►arbour The merits of Mrs. SIDDONS in Lad f 7 I y i .1' QC 'et , are too well known to require any eulogium. She and anchored in the Sound, his Majesty's ship i performed that chafatler, last night, and for th e lair. 'Jalouse. time at this place. Her brother CHARLES, for sue Arrived the Tally-I-Ito, BANKS, from Swansea • first titne, took the arduous part of lilacextlt, and ac gi/son, LOVERING ; ,and Aid, LAKti, from . Neath ; cording to. the opinion of our best ci•iiics, displayed such ability in his perfot mance througitout as w o uld the Spanish brig San Josef, from Gibraltar, last from i 'have received the imprimatur of a London audienre. Portsmouth, with wine, bound to this port ; the H is general conce.ntion of the cliano.ter evinced a brig Dotpliiii, TREmAtx„ from Gibraltar, laden with sound judgment, and thougit there was a critical barilla, wine, and cork, bound to LOndon ; the brig precision in die detail, yet it by no means lessened the spirit and vigour of his whole performance.— Diadem, of London, JOHN CALISY, 'Master, from v We are sorry that Mrs. StpuoNs and the KEMBLE3 Gibraltar, with wine and brandy, bound to Guern- take leave of us to-morrow. sey ;. the brig Alfred, of 1..,0nd0n; Jotti HuttpLE, Boa 1).-11..igit takes 74e Foundling of the Forest s neiit this e.Venutg s . under the patronage o f Master, from Cadiz, laden with salt,' bound to this for i! • . the Hon.. Mrs. .FIiNEAcE, and as he is des•ervedly vesper:lo as an. actor, and for his good humour in port for orders; the brig Harriet, of Scarborough, JAMES LIST E R, Pt aster, front Gibraltar and Salo, private life, he is sore of a limper. laden with brandy, wine, and cork, bound. to this port for orders and the brig Flora, WI%4.TIcKLE; i t l / 4 , 145t0_, troy Cadii, laden with wine and cork, bound to-this port ; sailed from Gibraltar the St 4 August, and from Cadiz the t 2th following, in' company with 'a fleet; consisting of 4 sail, under convoy of his Majesty's • ship Hyperion, Capt. Btto- DIE ; parted company 'with the convoy, on the 2d instant, off cape Finisterre. Arrived the Poufs, LOWTHER, from SwAnsea, SEPT. 43.—Arrived his Majesty's ship 40,44, from off flushing ; also the . Fo x , DUCKER, and .?1 , 14ry , cLARIS, , from p)tFlott.. A•ship arrived this evening, froth the West Wiles, I cannot learn her name, but her master landed just now, and reported. that he sailed frhin the West In dies, in company with a large fleet, under convoy of a 74 gun-ship, and that t.b . e fleet was met by a dreadful hurricane, in which the man of war, and Many of the merchant ' ships thundered, and most of the rest were greatly datnaed. I hope the loss of • • • • tite convoy is only coujealure. DEAL, SE SEPT.. lyNesty's t ship Nassau, for Sheerness. Arrived the centizur from a crtiiF; and the Eu, ropa, of Wi)itcshaven, one of the Jamaica convoy. SHEERNESS, SE'r. P.V.- 7 —Arrived th 9 Leyden And Latuna. • Sailed the Sheerwater. SEPT. 12.--4rrived his Majesty's ship /s 11; from Xlushing, with troops. Caine into the harbour his - Majesty's ships Peden and Rota, the latter proceeded up to Chatham to re- • fit. Sailed up the. • Wver.Thasues his. ga . iesty'ship Latonai tole paid off. The Manly has made the signal for a convoy for • • • FALMOUTH; SET.T. i I.—Sailed last evening the Prince3s Amelia Packet, MooßsoN, with, thailsfo'r Madeira and Rio de Janiero ; the Eliza packer, 3ANIPSON, With mails for Gibraltar, Malta, and Sicily; and this evening - the Princess Elizabeth; FOIi,EST 7 DALE, with mails for New York and Halifax ; and the Lady Arabella ditto, •PUKTEOUS, with' ditto fur Barbadoes and Jamaica. Arrived this day, the brig. Albion from Gibraltar, with wine and hat ilia ; and the ship Brothers, CousTEus, with ditto; the sloop Britannia, ••••••-- - CAMPBELL, from Algesiras, all under Convoy of his Ma . iesty's sloop Hypei ion, 35 days passage; the re mainder of the conVoy . went up channel last even:- mg. TH E THEATRE . - Vie Point of'POUT High Lqir . .l4joui Soirs . an.d-,Tefreli drew a utArnepous au dience to the fiVmarket Theatre last night.-- YouNq was admirable in the first piece, and Lwroa not less effeCtive in the second. 'The last. was well supported by all the Perfoltners, and is brought for ward iu 3 manner creditable to the Theatre. Mr. ArtNoLD last night, at the Lyceum, set a gaol example , to theatrical Managers, in allotting the en tertainments to the benefit of the Performers in th&,, Orchestra. The Band at this Theatre is excellent, and remarkably cotre6t. The musical profession de. serves this tribute of respe6l, for it is nut now what it was many years ago,•but its members, in general, are liberal men of known sense'arh: knowledge, dig. tinei from their art, and are well received in the higher circles. We commend Mr. ARNOLD, there. fore, for shewing this regard to their merit, and aro glad .that the behefit last night had a numerous at. tendance., • We haye been informed that vessels sail from France .with English licenses, under any colours except Ftench or Dutch. These are • easily forged. 411 men of war have not got the list from govern meet of what are granted, and sepp,o,,se the French Merchant sends a half a dozen with' the same, except the same man of war meets with two of them, thp forgery is not deteEtect, and they pass safely. They bring nothing but French produce, brandies, &c. On Saturday the Per - Or/frigate arrived in Margate Roads (rem Walcheren, having lefi that coast about noon on the preceding day. She sanded Lords FRE DERICK and WILLIAM BRNTINCK, Colonel DISNEY, of the Guards, Captain Evri trs, of the Artillery„ the Hon. HELEY HUTCHINSON, (the brother of Lord H.) Hon, Captain WARuEND,EA, and fourteen other Mi.. litary and Naval grficers: Many of them being sick, were brought ashore in their hammocks,. The ilmeriCan schooner, with tobacco, for Ton ninge'n, is detained, and sent in hereby the General Hesiope letter of marque. QC/1M SEPT. 8.--. Yesterday arrived in our har bour, his Majesty's sloop 11:elena, having in company Le Jason French privateer, of - Bayonne, her prize, out 26 days, but made no capture. A Gentleman, who arrived yesterday, after a short voyage of three weeks, from Riga, has sup, ; plied us with some' very recent information on, the State of that pott, respeC4g which accounts so yerl inaccurate were receivech ...There were about one hundred and fifty ships. in the harbour, laden With 13.altic produce, which it was presumed, from the advanced state ,ot the season, would in a few weelq, set sail. There was no chrticulty about American, shipping, nor any disposition in the pubpF Agen,is to American interests, and therefore a greai many vessels of other nations were constgned to the Consul of the . United Stateg„ as the most a.clvanta gethis means of recclniniending them- to favoar is the offices where thdir iiaperS were to be ex a mined. This Gentleman, off the coast of Sweden, net 20 transports, accompanied by an Finglis.h frigate,. ,which, it Was supposed, were convejing the Rus sian seamen to their own country, who were brought froM the Tagus.` . The Directors of the Bank, the more effectually to guard against forgeries; as wellias to promote. greater expedition in the, issue of their notes, have put into operation a "new-invented printing-press,. whereby the whole of each note, with the sum, and double number, are struck offal once. A number ofse ith)r clerks in the. Note Office hate been employed for some days in the operation of. printing, which, wilt allow a considerable diminution in the number of the supernurmlary clerks hitherto employed, By a liriva!e vessel we have. received a letter fronl, Malaga, dated the 25t h nit. Seventeen Danish ships, in that poi; Here advertised to be sold. There were about 10u of the/same nation in the djerent ppilS Of , it The cause O l t Cl w ff i e l C lr e o th uon ut several Spanish regiments in Zealand, at the f d r o o u m bt t l e ) e x p i s r a i n e e n s c,: w t a h s e ; e m d e e t t a e tz. time when the Marquis DE LA ROMANA and his fol lowers made their escape from the Baltic .under Bri tish prokion. On this account the Spanish Go vernment after much indecision, has determined on the condemnation..of the,ships. With those who are unacquainted with the enter• prize of the Merchants at Liverpool, and the corny merce of that port, the following information may excite wonder :—Since the raising the Embargo 'in America, 300 ships laden with produce have ar rived. Three thousand ships are at this. mom e nt in the Docks, besides stoops and small craft, and • pro perty to an immense amount is now afloat, on de- , murrage, the number of Revenue Officers being M. sufficient for its discharge. - . The investiture of his Excellency Lieut.-Gen. Bkcicwrrn With the insignia of the Most Honour able,Order of the Ruh, which took place at F o rt Royal, :Martinique, on the 20th ult. was conducted .a most splendid. and dignified manner by Sir A ,. COCHRANE, Knight Companion of the Order, and Representative of the Sovereign on the occasion, assisted by many principal officers of the army a nd 'navy invited for the purpose. A mushroom, of a very large size, was pulled last week, in a field near Bishopion, and is now in the possession of a lady in Greenock.' It measured in cizcomference at.t he broadest imrt, Dart, 43 inclieff,' 211 inches in diameter. Its height 9 itiCLICS, exclu sive of the stalk, and weighed bib. boz. The LORD MAYOR is to hold a Court of Coturil o9 Council to-tnorrow, at eleven o'clock, to consider the propriety of celebrating, in a particular manner, the ensuing anniversary of his MAJESTY'S accession to the Throne, it being the day on which he enter s the 50th year of his reign. The Brunepc, from Mafia, to Liverpjol, has bee" taken, retaken, and arrived at TO CORRESPONDENTS. 4 ',. 4 I f our Correspondent at Lewes refle&s on the danger of being too explicit in stating failures in the mercantile world. he will hardly blame us for being delicate on a recent occa' sion. A: Public Print is expelled to announce reports as well as lads. - MAILS. Alttl z Waterford. Duz-1 Gottenburgh, Waterfird.• VRICk OF STOCKS TKIS DAY AT I:VILLAr E O'CLOCK. consols . . •• . • • . . - 6311 T 11-E S N. 1101.rif QUiI:DICZat IRLiUM AUDtAT LONDON, TRURSDXY, 6fiPTEMBER 14, 1809. CI,EICAL PREFERMENTS, &c. The Rev, Harrison Packard, A.M. is licensed to the per petual Curacies of Illythhorough and Walbersvvia, in Suf folk, on the nomination of Charles Blois, Esq. and also to the curacy of Peasenhalt, - on the nomination of the g‘vereild k. Leggett. The Rc.verend Adam lohn Walker, Curate of Lcybourne, Kent, was -instituted on the izth instant, by a, Commission from the Lord Bishop of Hereford, to the rectory of bishop_ stone, and the: vicarage of Gazor, iu his Lordship's diocese, on the presentationbf UVedale Price, Esq of Foxiey. • 'Rev. Henry Rice, of Colderton, Wilts, to the perpetual curacy of Swingtield, in that county. The Rising Sun, of and from Boston, to Oporto, upset in a gale'on the ritth oh. part of the crew pick ed up by the Samuel, BARNET. The litryti, Bort.cy, from Bristol and Gibraltar, to the Brazils, is lost near the Cape,de Yerds. . The' Mince, ELLERBY, from Liverpool, to Nesk Brunswick, is pot back, leaky. The keWry, BEILBY, from Newry ; to London, is towed into Cork Harbour, dismasted.. • On Sunday his Mjesty's ship Melpomene, Capt. WARREN, arrived 'at the • Nore ; under her convoy- . came no less than !it() sail from the Baltic ; in pas's, ing through the . Belt, oti the Island of Seyer, in a light breeze, ihe rear of th e convo y, was attacked by five Danish gun-boats; the.ii/onzo sloop was order- ed• to engage them, while the convoy was led to a greater distance from the shorethan'the . enemy dared vtnture to follow them. The Alonzo suffered in her hull and rigging, ,but lortunately had no one killed. This is the second large convoy this season that Owes its safety !Tom the Danish gun,boats to the exertions of csapt.li,ll WARREN in the Melpomene.